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 Sun 23 May 2004, 00:19
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i am a new commer to digital recording, i have a strong mac with plenty of power. i was thinking about purchasing the mbox, is anybody familiar with this device? i am looking for quality vocal recording at a low price. can anybody throw down some 2 cents......
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Wed 26 May 2004, 03:20
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as far as Pro Tools goes, it was way more CPU efficient in OS 9 (i was surprised what I could do with my iMac DV 400MHz G3). In OS X it is very "hoggy" and you may not get a very good track count with the machine you have. (track count is just the number of tracks you can playback without overloading your CPU - [audio playback isn't terribly expensive, but when you add effects/instruments it gets intense for the processor]) There are way more cool add-ons (like rewire stuff with Live, and Reason, PLogue Bidule, etc) for OS X while development for OS 9 is pretty much dead. But these things are of no use if you dont have the power to run them nicely. I find that like 4 soft-instruments and a few expensive effects (ie reverbs, granulators, spectral stuff) does in my powerbook 1.25GHz when using Pro TOols. I need to start mixing down stuff at that point. Oh, and by the way, dont try to run the classic environment (you mentioned that?) while using pro tools, that will cause issues (tried it myself a few times).
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gollumis Advice About The Mbox Sun 23 May 2004, 00:19
arvidtp hey
In short, I would say probably no. I own one ... Sun 23 May 2004, 01:29 gollumis thanks for the reply, was very helpful. i am not f... Sun 23 May 2004, 02:25 arvidtp No, the fact that the mbox is computer powered is ... Sun 23 May 2004, 04:38 abcdaniel I bought the mBox and moved to ProTools after much... Sun 23 May 2004, 11:44 gollumis thanks, so would you stand by your mbox. would you... Sun 23 May 2004, 17:36 abcdaniel Gollumis, I do not know if I stand by the mbox for... Tue 25 May 2004, 11:38 gollumis thanks dog, i am running osx 10 and classic. i wil... Wed 26 May 2004, 00:11 gollumis so how many vocal tracks do you think i could layd... Wed 26 May 2004, 04:44 abcdaniel If I were in your shoes, I would get myself an mbo... Fri 28 May 2004, 08:58 fingers I have never used logic - but i do like pro tools ... Sat 12 Jun 2004, 03:15
gollumis how many tracks can you get? Sat 12 Jun 2004, 23:21 |
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